Sergeant Murphy

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA horse is offered for sale to the cavalry but is rejected as unfit for service. A cavalry private buys the horse, and trains it to be a champion racer. When he thinks it's ready, he manages... Tout lireA horse is offered for sale to the cavalry but is rejected as unfit for service. A cavalry private buys the horse, and trains it to be a champion racer. When he thinks it's ready, he manages to sneak it into England to race in the British Grand National. Based on a true story.A horse is offered for sale to the cavalry but is rejected as unfit for service. A cavalry private buys the horse, and trains it to be a champion racer. When he thinks it's ready, he manages to sneak it into England to race in the British Grand National. Based on a true story.

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Rôles principaux46

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Ronald Reagan

Private Dennis Reilley

Mary Maguire

Mary Lou Carruthers

Donald Crisp

Col. Carruthers

Ben Hendricks Jr.

Corporal Kane
(as Ben Hendricks)

Max Hoffman Jr.

Sergeant Connors

Emmett Vogan

Major Smythe

Tracy Layne

Texas
(as Tracey Lane)

Edmund Cobb

Gruff's Adjutant

Janet Shaw

Joan Furse
(as Ellen Clancy)

Rosella Towne

Alice Valentine

Joan Valerie

Bess Merrill
(as Helen Valkis)

Sam McDaniel

Henry H. Henry
(as Sam McDaniels)

Sergeant Murphy

Reilley's Horse

Jimmy Adamson

Cavalryman
(non crédité)

Raymond Brown

Turner - Horse Trainer
(non crédité)

Hal Craig

Cavalryman
(non crédité)

William B. Davidson

Major Gruff
(non crédité)

John Dilson

Rover Meat Co. Superintendent
(non crédité)

Réalisation
- B. Reeves Eason
Scénario
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Histoire

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Anecdotes
Loosely based on Sergeant Murphy, the first American-bred horse, and the oldest (alongside Why Not in 1884) at age 13, to win the Grand National. The winning prize was £5,000. The horse was owned by John Sanford (1851-1939), an American businessman and breeder of thoroughbreds who also won the Kentucky Derby in 1916 and the American Grand National also in 1923, but with different horses each time. The real Sergeant Murphy had to be put down in 1926 after breaking a hind leg at a steeplechase race in Scotland.

Gaffes
Sgt. Murphy is wounded on his left side behind his front leg, but at the vet clinic, they put him on the tilt table with his left side down.

Citations
Mule Boat Captain: If you know what's good you'll get down below and start bedding down those jackasses.
Private Dennis Reilley: Okay, skipper. What kind of straw do you like?
[walks off]

Connexions
Referenced in Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (2023)

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Reagan and a Horse

Sergeant Murphy (1938)

** (out of 4)

Ronald Reagan, in his third film, plays Pvt. Dennis Reilley, a somewhat timid guy who joined the Army to be with his best friend, Sergeant Murphy, who just happens to be a horse. Reilley is about to get out of the Army and he wants his friend to come with him so he must find a way to get the horse kicked out. This "B" picture from Warner really doesn't have anything bad in it but at the same time there's nothing good in it either. I'm sure this film would have been forgotten more than it already is if it weren't for Reagan having the leading role, although one could argue that the film does belong to the horse. At 58-minutes the thing moves fairly quickly but there's not too much that happens at any point. The so-called laughs of Reagan trying to get the horse kicked out of the Army features zero laughs. The second half of the film where he tries to win the girl (Mary Maguire) isn't any better and of course it leads to a very predictable ending. Reagan's performance, like the film, isn't bad but it's not good either. I think he does a fairly good job for his third film and the fact that he didn't have to much to work with. He certainly has a swagger about him but his comic timing isn't quite there.